Category: aaron

  • What kind of sleep hole have we dug?

    I’m really starting to think that we’ll never sleep well again.  From the beginning Adam and I agreed that we didn’t believe in letting Aaron “cry it out” at night – we didn’t want him to think we were abandoning him or that we didn’t care. And so for the first ten months, nearly nine…

  • Second summer

    I can hardly believe we’re starting Aaron’s second summer. As I sat yesterday watching Adam push him on the swings in the playground, it seems nearly inconceivable that a year ago Aaron wasn’t even walking, and now the playground (“paawk”) is a major fixture in our lives. Aaron is such an outdoors boy; maybe that’s…

  • From Mama to Mommy

    It seems that Aaron is growing exponentially – every day there are a bunch of new words, new crazy antics, and new attitudes (“no, no no!”).  But the most surprising of all is that suddenly, in the span of the last three days, I’ve gone from being “Mama” to “Mommy.”  I think I call myself…

  • It was just a year ago today…

    That at 4 am Stephanie started having contractions and writing them down, and we started the 15 hour process/adventure that ended at 7:08 pm with an emergency c-section and a young boy named Aaron Kyle. And now he is 1! The year went by very very fast! And here for your viewing entertainment only– some…

  • A long life filled with sorrow, hardship, and frustration.

    I’m sorry to say that my son is in for a long life of hardship, sorrow,and frustration. And I can’t do a thing about it. You see, my son is more than likely going to be a Cubs fan. His grandfather, his uncle, his great uncle, his cousins, and even sometimes his mom are all…

  • Aaron and the Bumbo

    Well, it looks like Aaron may have outgrown the bumbo seat– here’s his successful escape attempt using pluck, derring do, and a little bit of luck. It’s about 1.5 minutes long